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From: Kirk Bender <kbender@znet.com>
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Subject: Re: 24 bit static image
Date: Mon, 26 May 1997 22:58:19 -0700
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Mario Perdue wrote:
> 
> On Sun, 25 May 1997 00:23:15 -0700, Kirk Bender <kbender@znet.com>
> wrote:
> 
> >I'd like to load a 24 bit tim into the frame buffer
> >in 640x480 interlaced mode and view it,
> >no tmds, sprites, etc.
> >I set up the graphics by doing
> >
> >  GsInitGraph(640,480, GsOFSGPU|GsINTER, 0, 1);
> >  GsDefDispBuff(0, 0, 0, 0);  // is this right?
> >
> >then load the tim, but all I get is a black screen.
> >
> >what do I put in the main loop?
> 
> What do you have in the main loop now? Before I jump into this, I'd
> like to see what it is you're currently doing?
> 
> Mario

Thanks for the quick reply.  You guys work weekends?
I discovered that I don't have to have anything at all
in my main loop to simply see the frame buffer.
But as Colin from SCEE points out I do have to do a GsSwapBuff or
SetDispMask(1) first.

kirk